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The Sentencing Academy Thesis Prize

The Sentencing Academy is pleased to announce a new annual prize for the best Masters level dissertation...

Public Knowledge of Sentencing Practice and Trends

The Sentencing Academy has published a new report exploring public understanding of sentencing in England and...

Intoxication and Sentencing: January 2022

By Dr Carly Lightowlers   • Intoxication resulting from substance use commonly features as a contributory...

Sentencing Academy Fellowship Scheme

During the course of 2020/21, the Sentencing Academy ran a Fellowship Scheme as part of our commitment to...

Respect and Legitimacy at Sentencing: November 2021

By Dr Gabrielle Watson     This paper offers a rare joint discussion of respect and legitimacy at sentencing...

Defendants’ Understanding of Sentencing: November 2021

By Jessica Goldring   • Underpinning the sentencing framework is an assumption that defendants understand...

The Suspended Sentence Order in England and Wales: September 2021

By Eleanor Curzon and Julian V. Roberts   • The Suspended Sentence Order (SSO) is a custodial sentence option...

Key trends in the use of the principal sentences, 2009-2019

We have published the first publication in our new series of statistical bulletins. The bulletin examines the...

Ethnicity and Custodial Sentencing: June 2021

By Julian V. Roberts and Jonathan Bild   • Over the past 30 years a number of official reports have...

Community Orders: March 2021

By Dr Eoin Guilfoyle   • The Community Order (CO) is one of the non-custodial sentencing options available to...

Out Of Court Disposals: February 2021

By Cerys Gibson   • Out of court disposals (OOCDs) have long been viewed by advocates to be an efficient and...

Essex lorry deaths: Sentencing 39 counts of manslaughter

Ronan Hughes, Gheorghe Nica, Maurice Robinson and Eamonn Harrison were today sentenced for 39 counts of...

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Consultation Responses

Response to Sentencing Council consultation on the firearms importation offences guideline

The Sentencing Academy has submitted a response to the Sentencing Council’s consultation on the firearms importation offences guideline

Response to Sentencing Council consultation on the firearms importation offences guideline

The Sentencing Academy has submitted a response to the Sentencing Council’s consultation on the firearms importation offences guideline    …

Responses to Sentencing Council consultations on sexual offences guideline and burglary offences

The Sentencing Academy has submitted responses to the Sentencing Council’s consultations on the sexual offences guideline.     View sexual…

Response to the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill

On 9 March 2021, the Ministry of Justice published the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill which will introduce many…

Response to the Sentencing Council’s modern slavery offences consultation

The Sentencing Academy has submitted a response to the Sentencing Council’s consultation on a guideline for modern slavery offences.  …

Victim Personal Statements and Sentencing: November 2020

By Elspeth Windsor and Julian V. Roberts   This report describes the current status of the Victim Personal Statement (VPS)…

Response to the Sentencing Council’s unauthorised use of a trade mark consultation

The Sentencing Academy has submitted a response to the Sentencing Council’s consultation on a guideline for unauthorised use of a…

Response to the Sentencing Council’s assault offences consultation

The Sentencing Academy has submitted a response to the Sentencing Council’s consultation on an updated guideline for assault offences. Assault…

Response to ‘What next for the Sentencing Council?’ consultation

The Sentencing Academy has submitted a response to the Sentencing Council’s ‘What next for the Sentencing Council?’ consultation    …